CHAPTER 1 Music in Ancient Greece
... • Sturm und Drang: ("Storm and Stress") at first a literary phenomenon, it suggests a mode of expression that sought to frighten, stun, and overcome with emotions. In musical terms, it indicates a group of compositions written around 1770 characterized by minor keys, angular themes, syncopation, str ...
... • Sturm und Drang: ("Storm and Stress") at first a literary phenomenon, it suggests a mode of expression that sought to frighten, stun, and overcome with emotions. In musical terms, it indicates a group of compositions written around 1770 characterized by minor keys, angular themes, syncopation, str ...
Rojas Program - Tarrant County College
... coda includes a brief reminder of the Grave before ending with a swift cadence. The second movement, Adagio cantabile, is played three times, always in A-flat Major, separated by two episodes that commence in minor keys. The main theme of this movement is nearly identical with an episode in the Moza ...
... coda includes a brief reminder of the Grave before ending with a swift cadence. The second movement, Adagio cantabile, is played three times, always in A-flat Major, separated by two episodes that commence in minor keys. The main theme of this movement is nearly identical with an episode in the Moza ...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91) Sonata for piano and violin in
... however problematical the term – distant indeed. And yet a surety of formal balance ensures the most effortless integration; Mozart is never rhapsodic. Brahms composed the third and final of his numbered sonatas for piano and violin – there was also an early A minor work, which he performed with Fe ...
... however problematical the term – distant indeed. And yet a surety of formal balance ensures the most effortless integration; Mozart is never rhapsodic. Brahms composed the third and final of his numbered sonatas for piano and violin – there was also an early A minor work, which he performed with Fe ...
View printable PDF of 5.9 Additional Form
... accompaniment. Arias allow for the expression of intense personal emotion by characters in operas, cantatas, and oratorios. See Da Capo aria. ballade – In the Middle Ages/Renaissance, French poetic form with courtly love texts. In the Romantic era, a lyric piano piece. cadenza – Solo passage near th ...
... accompaniment. Arias allow for the expression of intense personal emotion by characters in operas, cantatas, and oratorios. See Da Capo aria. ballade – In the Middle Ages/Renaissance, French poetic form with courtly love texts. In the Romantic era, a lyric piano piece. cadenza – Solo passage near th ...
Musical Form - The Music Room 2
... The structures or musical forms of songs in popular music are generally repeating forms such as the strophic form. Other common forms include thirty-two-bar form, verse-chorus form and the twelve bar blues. This form can be used in any structural difference in melodies. The foundation of popular mus ...
... The structures or musical forms of songs in popular music are generally repeating forms such as the strophic form. Other common forms include thirty-two-bar form, verse-chorus form and the twelve bar blues. This form can be used in any structural difference in melodies. The foundation of popular mus ...
franz joseph haydn - Scott County Schools
... start and almost fell off his chair! Haydn adeptly gave the piece the name "Surprise Symphony." This “surprise” symphony really got the princes attention! On another occasion, Haydn was plagued by his musicians who were complaining that they were long overdue for vacations. He again faced the dilemm ...
... start and almost fell off his chair! Haydn adeptly gave the piece the name "Surprise Symphony." This “surprise” symphony really got the princes attention! On another occasion, Haydn was plagued by his musicians who were complaining that they were long overdue for vacations. He again faced the dilemm ...
Presentation Notes Historical development of the aria • To
... • While the sonata form did not exist in the Baroque period, the forms that led to the standard definition did. • Officially developed in the early Classical era, sonata form was defined by its three sections. These included an exposition, development, and recapitulation. • Explain diagram. Example: ...
... • While the sonata form did not exist in the Baroque period, the forms that led to the standard definition did. • Officially developed in the early Classical era, sonata form was defined by its three sections. These included an exposition, development, and recapitulation. • Explain diagram. Example: ...
Haydn and Mozart
... Timpani and trumpets are standard and the clarinet is frequently used. The woodwinds and string bass are more independent. String Quartets- Haydn is considered the first great master of quartets, often described as a conversation between the four players. Many of the quartets were intended for amate ...
... Timpani and trumpets are standard and the clarinet is frequently used. The woodwinds and string bass are more independent. String Quartets- Haydn is considered the first great master of quartets, often described as a conversation between the four players. Many of the quartets were intended for amate ...
Program Notes: the russian cello
... I was happy when David Finckel and Wu Han asked me to write a large-scale work for them. They form a very dramatic union, capable of captivating audiences with magnetic intensity and powerful interpretations. I was well aware of these qualities while writing the sonata. In any performance there is ...
... I was happy when David Finckel and Wu Han asked me to write a large-scale work for them. They form a very dramatic union, capable of captivating audiences with magnetic intensity and powerful interpretations. I was well aware of these qualities while writing the sonata. In any performance there is ...
Bach, Johann Sebastian - (1685-1750) Bach was a German organist
... in allowing their imagination and passions to create their works for them. Schubert, Franz - (1797-1828) Schubert spent most of his life in Vienna, where he composed operas, symphonies, masses and quartets. His most recognizable composition may be his song “Ave Maria.” Schubert died at age 31 from t ...
... in allowing their imagination and passions to create their works for them. Schubert, Franz - (1797-1828) Schubert spent most of his life in Vienna, where he composed operas, symphonies, masses and quartets. His most recognizable composition may be his song “Ave Maria.” Schubert died at age 31 from t ...
Program notes by Laurie Shulman ©2011 First North American
... Sonata in B minor, T36 Johannes Sperger (1750-1812) Haydn and Mozart have nearly eclipsed the bumper crop of other gifted composers active in Prussia and the Austro-Hungarian empire in the late 18th century. Most musicians would be hard-pressed to name a half dozen of their contemporaries. Names lik ...
... Sonata in B minor, T36 Johannes Sperger (1750-1812) Haydn and Mozart have nearly eclipsed the bumper crop of other gifted composers active in Prussia and the Austro-Hungarian empire in the late 18th century. Most musicians would be hard-pressed to name a half dozen of their contemporaries. Names lik ...
+54 - Dubrovačke ljetne igre
... the soloist of the famous Tonhalle Orchestra, than with André Jaunet at the Zürich Music College and later with the renowned Aurèl Nicolet. Since 1977 he was the flutist in the Vienna State Opera and since 1981 the principal flutist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. He is one of the founders and ...
... the soloist of the famous Tonhalle Orchestra, than with André Jaunet at the Zürich Music College and later with the renowned Aurèl Nicolet. Since 1977 he was the flutist in the Vienna State Opera and since 1981 the principal flutist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. He is one of the founders and ...
Franz Joseph Haydn (1733-1809) CLASSICAL COMPOSER Vienna
... Haydn had a court appointment at the palace of the Esterhazy family in Vienna Haydn’s job was to compose music for special occasions. He was not allowed to show his music to anyone else. He was not allowed to retire without permission. After he worked for 15 years, the Esterhazy’s gave Haydn a new c ...
... Haydn had a court appointment at the palace of the Esterhazy family in Vienna Haydn’s job was to compose music for special occasions. He was not allowed to show his music to anyone else. He was not allowed to retire without permission. After he worked for 15 years, the Esterhazy’s gave Haydn a new c ...
Franz Joseph Haydn
... • For the last 10 years of his life he wrote a little, although he frequently attended concert performances of his music. • He was a personable man, generous and honorable. • Admired by the royalty throughout Europe. • He wrote a large number of works and was very industrious as a composer. • He was ...
... • For the last 10 years of his life he wrote a little, although he frequently attended concert performances of his music. • He was a personable man, generous and honorable. • Admired by the royalty throughout Europe. • He wrote a large number of works and was very industrious as a composer. • He was ...
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... (some would say) his greatest contributions to those genres were yet to come. This year was to witness a major shift in Haydn’s life and career, as his patron, Count Nicholas, died and his successor released the composer from his contract. Simultaneously the great impresario Salomon made his appeara ...
... (some would say) his greatest contributions to those genres were yet to come. This year was to witness a major shift in Haydn’s life and career, as his patron, Count Nicholas, died and his successor released the composer from his contract. Simultaneously the great impresario Salomon made his appeara ...
Haydn Pre-Test Name
... Choose / Fill in the appropriate narrative connector: 7. Haydn’s Hungarian employer loved to hear and to play great music; __________________, Haydn turned out music very quickly and in all sort of styles. Options: however, well, therefore, truly, afterwards, consequently, but ...
... Choose / Fill in the appropriate narrative connector: 7. Haydn’s Hungarian employer loved to hear and to play great music; __________________, Haydn turned out music very quickly and in all sort of styles. Options: however, well, therefore, truly, afterwards, consequently, but ...
Shostakovich and Sonata Form
... On the other hand, his rigorous conservatory training under the tutelage of Maximilian Steinberg exposed him to a theoretical perspective on musical form that was heavily influenced by the writings of German theorist Adolph Bernhard Marx[1]. The present study explores the first movement of Shostakov ...
... On the other hand, his rigorous conservatory training under the tutelage of Maximilian Steinberg exposed him to a theoretical perspective on musical form that was heavily influenced by the writings of German theorist Adolph Bernhard Marx[1]. The present study explores the first movement of Shostakov ...
Darius Milhaud - Kenneth Martinson
... of whom were extremely fond of women, and no doubt had many discussions about women in their many worldly experiences with each other. At the end of the 3rd movement "La Bruxelloise" there is a quote from the end of the Belgian national anthem (see example). It is interesting that in the 1st movemen ...
... of whom were extremely fond of women, and no doubt had many discussions about women in their many worldly experiences with each other. At the end of the 3rd movement "La Bruxelloise" there is a quote from the end of the Belgian national anthem (see example). It is interesting that in the 1st movemen ...
Program booklet - Dubrovačke ljetne igre
... Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) was born in Piran by Italian father and Istrian mother. He studied the violin and composition at the Franciscan Monastery in Assisi, but was actually self-taught. He was one of the most prestigious violinists of his time, as well as composer and music theoretician (autho ...
... Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) was born in Piran by Italian father and Istrian mother. He studied the violin and composition at the Franciscan Monastery in Assisi, but was actually self-taught. He was one of the most prestigious violinists of his time, as well as composer and music theoretician (autho ...
Comparison of musical period
... Fairly long, expressive, Wide range of notes Ornamented, appoggitura Chromatic Big leaps Triads of the key mainly Rich, complicated chords Complex & unusual chord Some use of pedal Chromatic; use of pedal Always dissonant Diatonic Diatonic Tonal or atonal Modulated to related key Modulated to ''far' ...
... Fairly long, expressive, Wide range of notes Ornamented, appoggitura Chromatic Big leaps Triads of the key mainly Rich, complicated chords Complex & unusual chord Some use of pedal Chromatic; use of pedal Always dissonant Diatonic Diatonic Tonal or atonal Modulated to related key Modulated to ''far' ...
Classical 3
... • Later Vienna fans are fickle and do not like his dark opera “Don Giovanni” as opposed to his usually comic operas • Mysterious stranger commissions requiem (death mass) • Later believes it is meant for him • Really another noble wants to steal it as his own piece ...
... • Later Vienna fans are fickle and do not like his dark opera “Don Giovanni” as opposed to his usually comic operas • Mysterious stranger commissions requiem (death mass) • Later believes it is meant for him • Really another noble wants to steal it as his own piece ...
J E R E M Y D E N K
... Another set of 24 came in 1742, now known as Book II. These works, affectionately known as the WTC, or simply as ―the 48,‖ became standard teaching pieces in the 18th century— both Mozart and Beethoven later studied and learned them. At least part of Bach’s intent was to demonstrate the value of a n ...
... Another set of 24 came in 1742, now known as Book II. These works, affectionately known as the WTC, or simply as ―the 48,‖ became standard teaching pieces in the 18th century— both Mozart and Beethoven later studied and learned them. At least part of Bach’s intent was to demonstrate the value of a n ...
New Facsimile Editions New Facsimile Editions - Laaber
... Beethoven’s belief that solutions to the problems that beset mankind will always be within arm’s reach if they are confronted with models of positive change. ...
... Beethoven’s belief that solutions to the problems that beset mankind will always be within arm’s reach if they are confronted with models of positive change. ...
Surprise Symphony
... Franz) went to Vienna to sing in the choir at St. Stephen's Cathedral, and to attend the choir school. His younger brother Michael joined him a short time later. Joseph could never resist a playing a joke, which got him in trouble at school. Since Michael Haydn was much better behaved than his broth ...
... Franz) went to Vienna to sing in the choir at St. Stephen's Cathedral, and to attend the choir school. His younger brother Michael joined him a short time later. Joseph could never resist a playing a joke, which got him in trouble at school. Since Michael Haydn was much better behaved than his broth ...
PDF text - Music Theory Online
... [8] Irving also emphasizes form and its resulting structures as the most important aspect of an eighteenth-century piece of music. The evidence from treatises and letters shows the eighteenth-century theorist more concerned with melody and its figuration than with harmony or any large-scale structur ...
... [8] Irving also emphasizes form and its resulting structures as the most important aspect of an eighteenth-century piece of music. The evidence from treatises and letters shows the eighteenth-century theorist more concerned with melody and its figuration than with harmony or any large-scale structur ...